Starting Out The New Year With A Clean Sweep

01/02/2012

What better way to start the year than with a thorough cleaning. Ten pens got the treatment and are drying, nibs down, in a wad of paper towel. That leaves a mere five for general use and two for testing. Does that sound like a lot? I assure you that is lean for me.

When a fountain pen won’t do, there are four more writing instruments at hand.

Levenger Starry Night Roller Ball with a black felt tip refill

Autopoint Mechanical Pencil

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen with a black cartridge

OXO Pink Highlighter

Elena sent a couple of Mitsu-Bishi 9800 2B pencils that will get some playtime soon. It’s likely the Levenger Kyoto True Writer Masuyama Stub will get a load of Iroshizuku syo-ro or possibly Private Reserve Ebony Blue in the near future. I love writing with this pen so it never stays clean for long.

Love those honking big nibs, Beth. Isn’t Iroshizuku just the best thing for them? Discovering what shin-ryoku did for the Vista 1.1 was an eye-opener last year. Then there was syo-ro in the TW stub. Which Iro do you think is the best for your wide nibs? I have another Vista that could use a workout…